attrite

Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. regretful of one's wrongdoing merely due to fear of punishment (compare contrite)

v. Alternative form of attrit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Rubbed; worn by friction.

adj. Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Worn by rubbing or friction. Milton.

In theology, imperfectly contrite or repentant. See attrition, 3.

Etymologies

From Latin attritus. (Wiktionary)

Examples

The other side of the issue is more direct: defending against hit-and-run (i) radically increases the economic cost of fielding an army, (ii) radically reduces military effectiveness, and (iii) if not done effectively, will gradually attrite the army to the point of lacking military effectiveness.

The way we are designed to fight and are fighting is to use intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets to identify enemy locations, and then use our air and long shooters, ATACMS, MLRS and artillery to attrite enemy forces, so that when we finally close in ground combat, in fact, it's not an even fight.

Thirdly, the adversaries say that sin is remitted; because an attrite or contrite person elicits an act of love to God [if we undertake from reason to love God], and by this act merits to receive the remission of sins.

Different merchant size attrition really makes a huge difference in this and there's lot of empirical evidence that the smaller merchants attrite much more quickly then the larger ones and that really messes it up.

Given the lack of military parity artificially imposed and enforced mostly by the by the United States and Britain on the Palestinian Resistance, denying it basic military means to attrite Tsaal's military means, the Israeli regime conserved the upper hand and has had to date no real motivation to negotiate a meaningful settlement.